Natural antibodies

Natural antibodies

Natural antibodies may refer to antibodies that:

  • are produced without any previous infection, vaccination, other foreign antigen exposure or passive immunization, contrasted to regular and irregular antibodies. See Antibody#Natural antibodies
  • are produced by the body, in contrast to administrated exogenously.

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